Camp stove conversion from LPG tank

been down to Pirtek this afternoon and bought 3 female sockets 3/8" inch bsp thread for the legs ( thanks bee utey ) and welded them on the bottom of the unit :D also used a piece of HD pipe that was already oxy accetylene cut so I used that piece as the Trivet and tacked it with Mig and welded it inplace. it's not looking too badly ,now I need to bore a hole for an elbow on the back of the stove and make up the legs and she is finished.;)

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The pipe I chose for the trivet was a pre-cut piece which was cut on the
rotating oxy cutter and I welded it to top of the stove :)
also the hole I cut with a jigsaw to meaurements of ouside diameter of the Chimney
flu is co-incidetally a perfect size. :eek:

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I also marked out where the female 3/8" inch bsp sockets
have to be and tacked them in.

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what's left now is to bore a hole on the back of the stove for
the flu elbow and a ring from round solid steal welded to the
sockets for a handle and then should be ready for a test run .

Also in parallel to the stove I've stripped the paint off a 9kg
bottle and I'm planning on turning that into a horizontal stove.:)

So how much will you be charging for these as i would be up for one . . . .:cool:

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Originally Posted by banjo

So how much will you be charging for these as i would be up for one . . . .:cool:

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Hi Mate;

I've sent you a PM. ;)

I've got to check out few things with the moderators first.:cool:

hi guys

Just a quick update on what's been happening , I machine down a piece of round stock on the lathe so that I could stock & die the thread to accept 3/8" bsp , this will allow me to screw the legs in to the sockets when needed and undo them when packing up and putting away the stove , the die set was badly worn so looks like I will be screw cutting on the lathe :)

I've also put thru a stainless steel solid rod thru roller and make a ring for a handle ,think I'll tack it to the trivet on the top not the bottom for easy carrying of the camping stove , will give me a bigger surface area for frying pan and camp oven to sit on top of the trivet , probably wil be more stable.:) more pics to come .

Good to see you putting your skills to use:) Especially if its a one off. Your time is the labour of love.

Looking forward to the finished product. knowing you it will be a:cool: result.

Hi Tony , I read what happend to you in the other thread , I hope you're ok mate? :eek::eek::eek:

I think I might have actually stuffed the rollers up by running stainless steel thru them.:( not good specially when I was told not to use Stainless rods on the rollers at school:angel:

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okay some more progress ,I machined down a rounded solid steel bar to 16.66 mm & threaded it on the lathe to imperial 3/8 " bsp for a hydraulic fitting.:)

previously had to download some information regarding the external and internal diametres of this particular thread and work out the depth.;)

cut the threaded rod in 3 equal pieces on the band-saw so one end supposedly screws into the female sockets on the bottom of the stove and the other side into one end of the pipe which I found just looking around the workshop.

I ran a suitabe size tap inside the female sockets also due to fact that the threading was tappered my threaded rod had parallel threads, so no smooth action there.:angel: and ran a die over the threaded rod to clean off all the left over on the thread ( swarf )


dodgy brothers inc.:twisted:

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only thing left is now the Flu................ :angel:

VFB BE.;) ^^^^ Nothing wrong with the legs.:) Maybe knock them off 2" down and machine a step to accept some lighter weight tubing if you would like them lighter.:)

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Originally Posted by mike_ie

I wouldn't worry too much about the gap, but if you want to seal it up, why not cut a bigger door from a second LPG bottle? It's not as if you are suffering from a shortage of the things at the moment :D

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You could still retrofit this without redoing the hinge etc.
Just make a bigger door, cut out the centre of the "NEW" door so that it becomes a flange and then weld it around the outside edge of the existing door. This will then allow you to cut around the hinge and catch prior to welding it on.